Aleksander

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alexander in US United States, VE Venezuela, DE Germany and 7 more, Alejandro in AR Argentina, MX Mexico, ES Spain and 5 more, Александр in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 2 more and Alexandre in BR Brazil, FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aleksander is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name51K records spelled Aleksander4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Russia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Älëksändër, Aleksandër

• Norwegian Bokmål given name40K records spelled Aleksander7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, Iceland

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian, Danish

  Also written Aleḳsander

• Portuguese given name19K records spelled Aleksander9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Aleksánder, Älëksändër, Aleksandër, Alěkšâňděr, Aléksander

• Albanian given name15K records spelled Aleksander20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Alexander, Aleksandër, Alexandre, Alëxändër, Alexandër

• Hungarian given name11K records spelled Aleksander2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary, Norway, United States

  Also written Aléksàndér

• a separate given name3.5K records spelled Aleksander5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia

  Also written Aleksandër, Aleḳsander, Äleksander, Aleksande͏̈r

• a separate given name1.3K records spelled Aleksander2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Russia

  Also written Åleksander

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aleksander is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, Alexander

  as a name·Polish Personal Names (CIA Foreign Names Studies, ch. 24)

• In German, männl. Vom., polnische und norwegische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Norwegian, a male given name, alternative spelling of Alexander

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Polish form of ALEXANDER .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 65 years between 1953–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alexander I of Russiab. 1777RUnot in their usual nameThe tenth Emperor of Russia (1777–1825)
• Alexander III of Russiab. 1845RUnot in their usual nameEmperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894
• Aleksandr Popovb. 1859RUnot in their usual nameRussian physicist (1859–1906)
• Alexander Scriabinb. 1872RUnot in their usual nameRussian composer and pianist (1872–1915)
• Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kolčakb. 1874RUnot in their usual nameRussian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
• Aleksandr Blokb. 1880RUnot in their usual nameRussian poet (1880–1921)
• Alexander Friedmannb. 1888RUnot in their usual nameRussian mathematician (1888-1925)
• Alexander Alekhineb. 1892FRnot in their usual nameRussian-French chess player (1892–1946)
• Alexander Pokryshkinb. 1913RUnot in their usual nameSoviet aviator (1913-1985)
• Paweł Pawlikowskib. 1957PLnot in their usual namePolish film director and screenwriter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 672 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aleksander?

We estimate roughly 1.9 million people bear Aleksander (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Aleksander have the most bearers?

Aleksander is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled александр.

How common is Aleksander compared with other names?

In Russia, Aleksander is the most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Aleksander a male or female name?

Aleksander is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aleksander mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander